Description of the Flag

The municipality of Luíz Antônio (11,286 inhabitants in 2010; 59,844
ha) is located 275 km of São Paulo.
Luíz Antônio was founded, according to the tradition, on 13 December
1892 by the traveller Carlos Loyola, from São Simão; transporting
coffee to the port of Jataí, Loyola suddenly became blind. He asked
for help St. Lucia, whose day is the 13th of December; as expected, he
was cured and rewarded the saint by establishing a "botica", a kind of
pharmacy where he sold drugs to the locals and to the travellers. The
pharmacy was subsequently transformed into a bigger shop where food
and tools were sold. Originally known as Vila Jataí, the settlement
that developed around the shop was renamed Luíz Antônio when
established as a district of the municipality of São Simão on 8
October 1937 by Law No. 3,102. The new name of the settlement is a
tribute to Colonel Luíz Antônio Junqueira, who owned an estate in the
region and promoted its development.
The municipality of Luíz Antônio was established on 18 February 1959
by State Law no. 5,285 and inaugurated on 1 January 1960.

The flag of Luíz Antônio is vertically divided blue-red-blue, with
the red stripe broader than the blue stripes and the municipal coat of
arms placed in the middle.